Citation

Ramsay R, Gorst-Unsworth C, Turner S. Br. J. Psychiatry 1993; 162: 55-59.

Affiliation

Out-patient Department of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, London.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8425140

Abstract

The case notes documenting the psychological well-being of 100 survivors of torture and other forms of organised state violence were analysed retrospectively. The most common diagnoses were post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, and somatoform disorders. Of these, PTSD showed the strongest association with experience of torture. It is possible that PTSD has a dimensional nature, and that reactions to different stressors are heterogeneous.

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